SEPs now searchable on WIPO’s global patent database

World Intellectual Property Organization expands patent data to include more than 200,000 standard-essential patents | SEPs from three standards bodies now fully searchable.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Patents

Apple must pay Optis $700m-the biggest patent award in UK history

2 May 2025 Arnold LJ and Birss LJ deliver highest value court-determined licence of its type on record l Award covers past and future sales over a 15-year period l Apple found to have gained an unfair advantage in prior licence negotiations l Judgment ‘corrects a clearly flawed prior ruling’.

Patents

USPTO speeds up patent issuance amid widespread agency changes

16 April 2025 Prompter patent issue will provide earlier protection for inventions and could avoid need for Quick Path Information Disclosure Statements, says USPTO.

EUIPO

Reaction: Do abstentions in EU Committee vote on SEPs put regulations in jeopardy?

25 January 2024 A vote adopting new rules is sending shockwaves through the tech patent industry—but a high number of abstentions shows that ‘the debate is not over’, finds Sarah Speight.

INTA 2025: San Diego to host largest post-COVID Annual Meeting

'Nothing can stand in the way of our work': Ukraine resumes IP system

Optis v Apple: How the court calculated the royalty rate

Apple must pay Optis $700m-the biggest patent award in UK history

US-China tariffs: What hope is there for IP rightsholders?

Lenovo Global IP Litigation director joins O'Melveny

The good faith test

Nissan and Honda latest to sign 5G vehicle licensing deals

SEPs now searchable on WIPO’s global patent database

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles